The Wind And The Lion

Mulai Ahmed er Raisuli is the commander of a band of Berber insurrectionists opposed to the young Sultan Abdelaziz and his uncle, the Bashaw (Pasha) of Tangier. He kidnaps Eden Pedecaris and her children, William and Jennifer, in a raid on their home, during which Sir Joshua Smith, a British friend of Eden's, was killed. In the United States, President Theodore Roosevelt is seeking election to a full term. He decides to use the kidnapping as both political propaganda and as an effort to demonstrate America's military strength as a new world power. Roosevelt finds himself gaining